Box-fastener.



PATENTED DEC. l5, 1903.

C. W. BEEHLER.

BOX FASTENER.

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Patented ecember 15, 1903,

nrnnr Ormea CHARLES W. BEEI-ILER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BOXMFASTENER.

EPLEGIFIGATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,035, dated December 15, 1903. Application led September 19', 1903. Serial No. 173.818.v (No model.)

To all whom, t may cori/caws:

Be it known that I, CHAnLns W. BEEHLER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to that type of box-fasteners in which a turn-bolt having a lateral extension at its upper end is attached to the' box-body to constitute one member of the fastener and a bearing-plate is secured to the box-cover to constitute the other member of the fastening, the lateral end extension of the turn-bolt being adapted to pass through an oblong opening in the cover-plate and by a turning movement to one side of said slot having bearing engagement upon the upper surface of the bearing-plate and held to such engagementby an ordinary Wire seal passing through said lateral extension and through a companion projection on the said plate.

The object of t-he present improvement is to provide a simple, strong, and efficient construction of the aforesaid bearing-plate involving cheapness and ease in manufacture combined with lightness and durability in continueduse, all as will hereinafter more fullyappear and be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrative ofthe presentinven tion, Figure lis a top viert7 of box-fastener embodying the present improvement and illustrating the adaptation of the same to an ordinary Wooden shippingbox. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation at line xx, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation at line m m, Fig. l.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts in the different views.

Referring tothe drawings, l represents the cylindrical body portion of the turn-bolt of the present fastener and which is secured to the box-body in a manner to permit a turning of said body portion by means of a confining clip-plate 2, and a collar 3 on the lowerend of said body portion engaging in aconfiningrecess 4 in said clip-plate lo hold the turnbolt against longitudinal movement, While permitting the same to have free turning movement.

5 is a lateral extension on the upper end of the turn-bolt body Land 6 is an orifice through said extension for the passage of the usual sealing-Wire in sealing the contents of the box` before shipment.

7 is a bearing-plate secured to the boxcover and Which in the present invention consists of a flat plate 1, of Wrought metal, adapted for permanent attachment to the boxcover and formed With a central oblong hole or passage 8 of a size and shape to admit of the free passage of the aforesaid lateral eX- tension 5 of the turn-bolt.

9 is an upwardly-projecting web on the bearing-plate 7 near one end of' the oblong slot 8 and extending the transverse Width of such plate, as shown. In the present improvement such web is formed by upsetting the metal of the plate into a pair of rightangle folds connected together at top and having parallel relation to each other, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3.

10 represents a pair of orifices formed in the Web 9 of the bearing-plate, and the arrangement is such that one or the other is adapted to register With the orifice 6 of the lateral eX- tension aforesaid of the turn-bolt When the same is turned in one direction or the other toward the web 9 in a fastening operation of the partsf Said orices l0 so registering With the aforesaid orifice 6 are adapted to receive the Wire loop of an ordinary lead seal generally used in the arts as a sealing means.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secu re by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a fastener of the character herein described, the combination of a turn-bolt, having a lateral extension at one end, and a bearing-plate adapted for engagement with said vturn-bolt and provided With a centralelongated passage and an upwardly-projecting web that extends the transverse Width of the bearing-plate and is formed by upsetted folds in the metal of such plate, substantially as set forth.

2. In a fastener of the character herein described, the combination of a turn-bolt, having a lateral extension at one end, and a bearing-plate adapted for engagement with said turn-bolt and provided with a central elongated passage and an upwardly-projecting web that extends the transverse Width of the IOO bearing-plate and isvformed by upsetted folds in the metal of such plate, the aforesaid lateral extension having a single orifice for a seal-Wire, and the transverse Web a pair of orifices for such Wire, arranged eqnidistantly from the center of such plate, substantially as set forth.

3. In a fastener of the character herein described, the combination of a turn-bolt, having a lateral extension at one end, and a bearing-plate adapted for engagement with said turn-bolt and provided With a centralA elongated passage and an upwardly-projecting Web that extends the transverse Width of the bearing-plate and is formed with a pair of orifices arranged equidistantly from the center of said plate, the aforesaid lateral extension having a single orifice adapted to register with one or the other of the orifices in the web aforesaid to form a passage of a seal- Wire, substantially as set forth.

Signed at St. Louis, Missouri, this 14th day of September, 1903.

CHARLES W. BEEHLER.

Witnesses:

OHAs. L. Moss, JAS. ,T. QUERTERMUS. 

